Radiator



DE WITT T. LYON RADIATOR Filed August l, 1925 INVENTOR Patented Nov. 16, 1926.

UNITED STATES DE WITT TAYLOR LYON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIG-NOR F ONE-HALF TO BABET R. H. LYON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RADIATOR.

Application led August 1, 1925." Serial No. 47,579.

My invention relates to 'improvements in radlators, and it conslsts 1n the combinations, constructions, and arrangements hereunit,

in described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a radiator in which the headers are made very shallow for permitting the air to freely pass by the headers without obstructing the flow of air.v Y

A further object of my inventionl is to provide a radiator of the character described in which the headers themselves act as heat radiator means, and to this end the headers are provided with curved heat radiator fins, these tins causing the air to take a circuitous path as the air passes through the radiator, thus more etectually heating the air.

A `further object of my invention is to provide a radiator of the character described in which the pipes of the radiator carry heat radiator fins, these fins also being curved so as to function in the same manner as the fins projecting from the headers. The fins of the headers and the iins carried by the pipes are arranged for causing the air to flow through these fins regardless of the position of the radiator, that is, the radiator will function whether it is standing up or lying down on any one of its sides.

A further objectf of my invention is to provide a radiator of the character described in which the inlet and the outlet openings are identical to permit either of these openings to act as an inlet or anoutlet opening. Furthermore, these openings are disposed in such a position with respect .to the radiator that they will provide an outlet opening for the radiator that is always disposed at the lowermost oint in the radiator regard# less of the position of the radiator.

Other objects 'and advantages will appear Vin the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly4 pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part ofsthis ap plication, in wh1ch Figure 1 isa diagrammaticV sectional plan .view showing a number of the radiator section s coupled together, these sections being housed in a casing for providing a heating Figure 2 is a side elevation of one of the sections,

Figure 3 is a plan view of Figure 2, and

Figure LL'is an end elevation of Figure 2. In .carrying out my invention I provide a radiator section consisting of an upperv header 1 and av lower header 2. It will be 'noted at this point that the headers 1 and Atheir upright position, the ns on the header 2 support the radiator section. In addition to the fins 4, I provide a plurality of fins 5. These fins are disposed between the headers 1 and 2 and have openings for receiving the pipes 3. The fins are arcuate in shape sol as to provide arcuate passageways for the air, and in the present form of the device, are soldered to the pipes. It'is obvious that the fins 5 may be secured to the pipes 3 in any other well known manner.

In Figure 3, I show the inlet and outlet openings of the section. These openings are disposed at opposite corners of the radiator section so as to have either of the openings act as a drain for the section no matter in what. position the section may be disposed. In this way all of the condensed steam is led away from the radiator section.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. In Figure 1, I show a number of radiator sections connected together so as to provide a radia-v tor unit. In this ligure the sections are vertically disposed and the inletopenings 10 lare connected to a steam inlet pipe 6, while tion is to provide a radiator section which ,2 are very shallow.` The headers are con- 1 may be disposed in any position desired, and which will alford a'perfect drain for the condensed steam no matter in what position it is disposed, and which will also cause the air to take a circuitous path between the fins no matter in what position the radia- 1 tor may be. A further object is to provide headers that ane very shallow so as to oEer very little'resistance to the air. The fins 4 are curved so as to add a large amount of heating surface to the headers. These fins enlarge the heating area of the radiator.

The inlet and outlet openings are designed so that either of the pipe connections may be used for either the supply or return connections, and when either of these pipe connections is used for the return connection it makes no difference whether the radiators are set vertically, horizontally, or laid flat on their sides. In any of these cases, there will alwa s be a perfect drainage for the condensatlon or return water, because the low point of these pipe connections l0 and 11 is always below the low point of the pipes 3 making up the radiator proper.

The sections are complete in 'themselves and require no connections of any kind between each other, except the steam inlet and the water outlet pipes. After the roper number of radiators are set up to orm a bank of the proper size, and after these radiators are in roper relationship to each other, the band 1s complete and is ready for the steam fitter to make the proper supply and return connections to the various radiator sections, which make up the bank. After the steam fitter has made his connections, the sheet metal worker can enclose the entire bank with the sheet metal casing shown in Figure 1.

I claimf 8 and connect this casing to the fan 9, as

1. A radiator comprisinga pair of head opposite side and at its outer surface, whereby one of said openings will be substantially at the highest point of the radiator, and the other at the lowest point in any vposition of the radiaton 2. A radiator comprising a pair of headers, pipes connecting said headers, one of said headers having an opening near one end and one side at the outer surface of the header, and the other header having a similar opening near the opposite end and the opposite side and at its outer surface, whereby one of said openings will be substantially at the highest point of the radiator, and the other at the lowest point in any position of the radiator, and radiating fins projecting from said headers on the outer faces thereof, the outer edges of the fins on each header being in a common plane, whereby the fins on either header may serve as a support for the radiator.

3. A radiator comprising headers of very shallow depth, heat-radiating fins carried by said headers, said lins also being adapted to support the radiator, lthereby spacing the headers from the supporting surface, pipes connecting said headers together, and heat-radiating fins carried by said pipes, said first and second named sets of iins be- .ing positioned on said radiator for causingl the air to take acircuitous path through the radiator, regardless of the position of the radiator, the edges of said fins being arranged to lie in the planes'of a rectangular prism, whereby the radiator will be supported by the fins in all of its positions, thus providing passageways for the flow of air through the radiator.

DE WITT TAYLOR LYON. 

